Review of quality assessment tools for family planning programmes in low- and middle-income countries

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 292-302

  Sprockett, Andrea ^a  

^a Metrics for Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Developing countries; International health; Low income; Management; Measurement; Public health; Quality; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDLINE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85019671252     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw123     Document Type: Review

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